Basel vs Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[PeterWithesShin]

Thurs Dec 11th, 20.00 KO.

You'd imagine there'll be some rotation for this one.

[cdbearsfan]

Bizot

García
Lindelof
Konsa
Digne

Bogarde
Kamara

Sancho
Buendía
Guessand

Malen

[Dave]

Looks good to me. Maybe Onana for Kamara as he's had fewer minutes recently I think.

[cdbearsfan]

Maybe. Can always make loads of subs anyway.

[Somniloquism]

A lesser spotted Elliot on the pitch?

[Smirker]

Bizot

Garcia
Lindelof
Konsa
Digne

Bogarde
Kamara

Sancho
Buendía
Guessand

Malen

I'd go with this.

Start The Sanch 

[Pete3206]

1-1

[eye digress]

How important is finishing top two for us? Does it really make much of a difference seeing the oppo in the first knockout round is likely not heavyweight?

[Dave]

Think you play the second leg of every round before the final at home.

So, not the end of the world if we don't. But certainly an advantage if we can get it.

[AV82EC]

Finishing top 2 means you get home fixtures in the 2nd leg all the way to the final assuming you get there.

[PeterWithesShin]

With our home record we'd definitely prefer being home second in every round. Last season showed how big a difference it made against PSG.

[darren woolley]

Unai will rotate the team I still think we will win 2-1.

[eye digress]

With our home record we'd definitely prefer being home second in every round. Last season showed how big a difference it made against PSG.

Not the most convincing example, to be honest!

[Legion]

0-4.

[saunders_heroes]

With our home record we'd definitely prefer being home second in every round. Last season showed how big a difference it made against PSG.

Not the most convincing example, to be honest!

We won 3-2